Re: WTF, root or not root?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]> Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:00:24 -0000 (UTC)

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:31:28 -0400, bad sector wrote:

> Furthermore, in a related rant, what is it with more recent versions of
> file-managers that REFUSE to allow a user with *root* (and NOT
> administrative) privileges do anything that that user turned root may
> want to do exactly as if s/he were root at cLi level?

It’s long been considered a bad idea to log into a GUI session as root.